I stumbled upon an excellent piece on AgMates on the history of many channel country families and management of sheep and cattle stations in the far south-western corner of Queensland – the country south and west of Quilpie. Well worth a read. In the AgMates article, David Edwards, Quilpie Mayor, is quoted frequently. One of […]
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Escalating rural property prices & Qld’s Channel Country
February 17th, 2010The ‘Big Lorry Blog’ – road transport
February 11th, 2010Anyone interested in trucks, transport or machinery generally must visit the Big Lorry Blog. There are photographs and information on road transportation of all shapes and sizes, old and new. Lots of quirky machines and oddities. It is a UK website edited by Brian Weatherley, however there are photos and information from all over the […]
Townsville meatworks & the live export trade
February 9th, 2010There are rock-throwers who periodically accuse the live export trade of being a threat to the only remaining meatworks in northern Australia – the JBS-owned meatworks at Townsville. For example some people who regularly write in to the Townsville Bulletin, bagging the live export trade. Such criticisers clearly need a lesson in basic economics (if […]
Agricultural Journalism
February 6th, 2010The quality of agricultural journalism in Australia is fairly ordinary, and this can largely be attributed to our relatively small population. Unfortunately there simply isn’t a large enough number of people directly involved in agriculture, to make it a lucrative enough field for the big media players to be fighting over readership (unlike the U.S., […]
Australian Bronco Branding (Broncoing)
February 6th, 2010Due to increasing labour costs, the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme (BTEC), and introduction of weaning on properties that formerly didn’t wean, many more sets of drafting yards were built during the 1970s and early 1980s. Eventually cattle almost everywhere were branded in calf cradles rather than being broncoed (bronco branded) – pulled up to […]
Fernleigh Farms & The Diggers Club – real environmentalists
February 3rd, 2010‘Pretend’ environmentalists are now as thick as fleas on a dog’s back – people who have just jumped on the bandwagon in the last 5 minutes because it’s fashionable. They now feel really good because they use those green synthetic shopping bags and buy their garbage bags, instead of using the free supermarket plastic shopping […]
Rice paddy art in Japan
January 28th, 2010Rice has been grown in Japan for more than 2,000 years – it is a revered crop which was once even used as currency. In 1993 some clever farmers in the town of Inakadate came up with the idea of using different varieties of rice plants, with different coloured leaves, to create pictures. Others have […]
Frank McAlary QC 1925-2010
January 27th, 2010Frank McAlary QC was a classic example of a bloke born in the bush who developed a very successful city career but maintained a life long love of the land. A passion that was able to be followed by purchasing properties such as Yeeda and Mount House in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia; […]
Australian Windmills & Artesian Water
January 6th, 2010Apparently in some countries a windmill is associated with an image of poverty. But in Australia a windmill is an image of life and prosperity. Much of inland Australia has no permanent surface water so during the annual dry season it would not be possible for animals, birds or people to live there if it […]
‘Outback Helicopters’ – a new aerial mustering & charter company
December 22nd, 2009A new Northern Territory aerial mustering & charter company called ‘Outback Helicopters’ has been formed by business partners Keith Phelps, Paul Blore and Doug McBean.